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What is the length of x?

What is the length of x?-example-1

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Answer:

x = 5

Explanation:

Using Pythagoras' identity in the right triangle.

The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other 2 sides, that is

x² = 4² + 3² = 16 + 9 = 25 ( take the square root of both sides )

x =
√(25) = 5

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Answer:

25

Explanation:

a2+b2=c2

3^2+4^2=c^2

9+16=25

25^2=625

Sqrt of 625 = 25